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- Race to evacuate sick from besieged Syrian city of Eastern Ghouta
- Aung San Suu Kyi ‘avoided’ discussion of Rohingya rape during UN meeting
- Die Rekruten: the reality show on the frontline of the German army's battle for public support
- US to make at least $285m cut to UN budget after vote on Jerusalem
- 'Honour' killings in Karachi shock Pakistan's largest city
- ‘Don't they sell tyres?': Thai street food chef on life with a Michelin star
- US announces sanctions on North Korea missile makers
- New York City on track to end year with sharp drop in murder rate
- Russia rejects concerns over banning of Alexei Navalny from elections
- Families 'heartbroken' after two men die in car swept away in Ireland
- Laura Plummer jailed for three years for taking drugs into Egypt
- Peruvians protest over pardon for ex-president Alberto Fujimori
- Fifa trial: ex-president of Peru soccer acquitted of corruption charge
- Wait, was that this year? The year’s biggest stories we’ve already forgotten
- Snow, ice and strong winds hit large parts of UK
- Flight from LA to Tokyo turns around after four hours due to 'unauthorised person'
- Rihanna calls for end to gun violence after cousin dies in shooting
- Australian woman faces execution if found guilty of drug trafficking in Malaysia
- Flinders Street crash: Saeed Noori may be unfit for trial, lawyers say
- Sacred, life-affirming and fast disappearing: waters of the Himalayas – in pictures
- Good vibrations: a sonar device that could replace canes for blind people | Kate Hodal
- Chinese demolition team bring tower crashing to earth in seconds – video
| Race to evacuate sick from besieged Syrian city of Eastern Ghouta Posted: 26 Dec 2017 08:27 PM PST Almost 30 critical cases, including children with cancer, approved for help in area near Damascus where 400,000 people remain trapped Medical evacuations have begun from the Syrian rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta to Damascus, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Syria said on Wednesday. Related: Charity launches Syria emergency appeal to save critically ill children Continue reading... |
| Aung San Suu Kyi ‘avoided’ discussion of Rohingya rape during UN meeting Posted: 26 Dec 2017 10:32 PM PST Myanmar state counsellor refused to engage in substantive talks about alleged violence against the Muslim minority, says envoy Aung San Suu Kyi avoided discussing reports of Rohingya women and girls being raped by Myanmar troops and police when she met a senior UN official, according to an internal memo seen by the Guardian. Pramila Patten, the special envoy on sexual violence in conflict, travelled to the country for a four-day visit in mid-December to raise the crisis with government officials. Continue reading... |
| Die Rekruten: the reality show on the frontline of the German army's battle for public support Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST A hit YouTube documentary may help to undo scepticism about the military as allies call for the country to play a bigger role Julia weeps when ordered to remove her piercings, Jerome struggles with his early wake-up call, and Marvin shivers when handed an assault rifle for the first time. "I hope I never have to use it," he says. The scenes are from Die Rekruten (The Recruits), a hit YouTube documentary following the lives of 12 new marines, who have become something like minor celebrities, during their first three months of training. "Perhaps these will be the hardest three months of their lives," says a deep-voiced commentator during the opening credits of the show, against a dramatic backdrop of silhouettes of the recruits, who have attracted a strong following on social media. Continue reading... |
| US to make at least $285m cut to UN budget after vote on Jerusalem Posted: 26 Dec 2017 07:17 AM PST
The US government has announced significant cuts in its United Nations budget obligations for 2018-19 in what will be interpreted as a further ratcheting up of pressure from the Trump administration looking to bend decision-making at the international body to its will. Related: UN votes resoundingly to reject Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as capital Continue reading... |
| 'Honour' killings in Karachi shock Pakistan's largest city Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST Murders of teenagers show that poor communities in cities are becoming more entrenched in conservative values The night Ghani Rehman was condemned to die, his father asked if they could share a last meal together. But Ghani excused himself, preferring to wait in his room. His sisters came to see him, and he gave them each a small token to remember him by: a plastic-wrapped mint drop. The 18-year-old boy knew what was coming. Less than 24 hours earlier, the neighbour's 15-year-old daughter Bakhtaja, with whom Ghani had tried to elope from Ali Brohi Goth, their poor neighbourhood of Karachi, had been tied down and electrocuted. Continue reading... |
| ‘Don't they sell tyres?': Thai street food chef on life with a Michelin star Posted: 26 Dec 2017 06:08 AM PST Jay Fai's shophouse is doing a roaring trade as tourists arrive to snap photos and wait half a day for a table The Thai street food legend Jay Fai had not heard of Michelin stars until she was awarded one. The diminutive 72-year-old had been wok-frying her signature crab omelettes and prawn noodle dishes six days a week for the last few decades, and when she first received an invite to the Bangkok awards ceremony, she rejected it. She said she did not want to take a day off work. Continue reading... |
| US announces sanctions on North Korea missile makers Posted: 26 Dec 2017 04:23 PM PST Kim Jong-sik and Ri Pyong-chol are believed to be involved in moves to switch from liquid to solid fuel and advance ICBM development The United States has announced sanctions on two North Korean officials behind their country's ballistic missile program. The steps were the latest in a campaign aimed at forcing North Korea – which has defied years of multilateral and bilateral sanctions – to abandon a weapons program aimed at developing nuclear-tipped missiles capable of hitting the United States. Continue reading... |
| New York City on track to end year with sharp drop in murder rate Posted: 26 Dec 2017 01:40 PM PST The city recorded 278 homicides up to mid-December, compared with 325 last year, and police say there were the lowest number of index crimes since the 50s New York City is on track to record a sharp drop in murders for 2017, down 14.5 % over the last year, according to New York Police Department records. The city recorded 278 homicides for the year as of 17 December, compared with 325 at the same point last year. The figures include the eight victims of an October attack allegedly by an Islamic State-inspired extremist. Continue reading... |
| Russia rejects concerns over banning of Alexei Navalny from elections Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:14 AM PST Kremlin hints at reprisals after calls for boycott of presidential election, with Navalny blocked from challenging Putin Russia has rejected concerns that a decision to bar the government critic Alexei Navalny from running against Vladimir Putin in next March's presidential election could undermine the vote's legitimacy, as the Kremlin hinted at reprisals in response to opposition calls for a boycott of the polls. Russia's election committee ruled on Monday that Navalny should be ineligible to stand for public office until at least 2028 because of a previous conviction for fraud. Navalny, who has spent the past year carrying out a nationwide grassroots election campaign, said the charges that led to his conviction were trumped up to prevent him from challenging Putin. He said he would ask his 200,000 campaign volunteers to divert their efforts into convincing Russians to boycott the election and he also called for nationwide protests. Continue reading... |
| Families 'heartbroken' after two men die in car swept away in Ireland Posted: 26 Dec 2017 03:50 AM PST Declan Davitt, 26, and Martin Needham, 27, were driving across Carrowniskey river when 4x4 became submerged The families of two men who died after their Jeep was swept away in a river on Christmas Day have said they are heartbroken. Declan Davitt, 26, and Martin Needham, 27, were in the 4x4 when it fell into the Carrowniskey river in County Mayo, west Ireland, in the early hours of the morning. |
| Laura Plummer jailed for three years for taking drugs into Egypt Posted: 26 Dec 2017 08:54 AM PST Family of 33-year-old Hull woman say she brought 290 tramadol tablets into country for husband to use for chronic back pain A shop assistant from Hull has been sentenced to three years in prison in Egypt after she was convicted of possessing controlled drugs found on her as she entered the country. Laura Plummer, 33, has already been detained for nearly three months since she was arrested on suspicion of trafficking drugs at Hurghada airport, by customs officers who found 290 tramadol tablets in her luggage. Continue reading... |
| Peruvians protest over pardon for ex-president Alberto Fujimori Posted: 26 Dec 2017 02:10 AM PST Thousands take to streets amid suspicions of backroom deal by current president to avoid impeachment Thousands of Peruvians took to the streets on Monday to protest against the pardon granted to the former president Alberto Fujimori, with many calling it part of a backroom deal struck to protect the current president from impeachment on corruption charges. The Sunday pardon came three days after abstentions by lawmakers from a party led by Fujimori's children caused the failure of a vote to impeach the president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. Fujimori, 79, was serving a 25-year sentence over the deaths of 25 people in a campaign against the leftist Shining Path terrorist group. Continue reading... |
| Fifa trial: ex-president of Peru soccer acquitted of corruption charge Posted: 26 Dec 2017 08:47 AM PST Manuel Burga wept after jurors found him not guilty of a single racketeering conspiracy charge, in a bribery scandal that saw two officials convicted last week A former South American soccer official was acquitted Tuesday of a corruption charge stemming from the Fifa bribery scandal after two others were convicted last week. The acquittal caps a trial in which US prosecutors sought to expose a culture of greed and corruption among the powerful men who oversee the world's most popular sport. Continue reading... |
| Wait, was that this year? The year’s biggest stories we’ve already forgotten Posted: 26 Dec 2017 07:00 AM PST This year – thanks mainly to the man in the White House – there have been so many weird stories piling up we've erased some of the most notable from our brains No one would ever claim that 2017 was a slow news year. In fact, so much happened that events that seemed like a big deal at the time have already faded from our memories, crowded out by even bigger stories. When the very fabric of western democracy seems threatened, it's hard to recall a simpler time – last spring – when everybody was all worked up about Kendall Jenner's Pepsi advert. Here then, are just some of the big stories you may have forgotten to remember from 2017. Continue reading... |
| Snow, ice and strong winds hit large parts of UK Posted: 27 Dec 2017 01:27 AM PST 14,000 properties left without power and drivers warned of dangerous conditions as wintry weather sweeps across country Motorists have been warned of dangerous conditions on the roads and air travellers of potential disruption as snow and ice hit large swaths of the UK. Thousands were left without power overnight as freezing temperatures and strong winds swept in, with Western Power Networks, which serves the Midlands, Wales and the south-west, saying more than 14,000 properties had been left without power. Continue reading... |
| Flight from LA to Tokyo turns around after four hours due to 'unauthorised person' Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:50 PM PST It appears that a rogue passenger managed to proceed from check-in all the way to the final boarding pass check at LAX and board the wrong plane A Japanese airliner bound for Tokyo was forced to turn around over the Pacific Ocean and return to Los Angeles on Tuesday after the discovery of an "unauthorised person" among the 150 passengers on board. The flight made an unscheduled U-turn four hours into the 11-and-a-half-hour journey. |
| Rihanna calls for end to gun violence after cousin dies in shooting Posted: 27 Dec 2017 01:36 AM PST Singer posts picture of herself with man who is believed to have been killed in shooting in Barbados on Boxing Day Rihanna has called for an end to gun violence after the death of a young man she named as her cousin. The singer posted a picture of herself with a young man, who is believed to have been killed in a shooting in her native Barbados on Boxing Day. Continue reading... |
| Australian woman faces execution if found guilty of drug trafficking in Malaysia Posted: 26 Dec 2017 11:54 PM PST Lawyers of Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto say the Sydney grandmother was the victim of an online romance scam An Australian woman has been found not guilty of drug trafficking in Malaysia, a charge that carries a mandatory death sentence. On Wednesday afternoon a Malaysian judge found that Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto did not know that there were drugs in her bag when customs officials found 1.1kg of ice – a potent form of methamphetamine – in her luggage at Kuala Lumpur airport in December 2014. Continue reading... |
| Flinders Street crash: Saeed Noori may be unfit for trial, lawyers say Posted: 26 Dec 2017 07:47 PM PST Former refugee with history of mental health problems appears in Melbourne court accused of driving into pedestrians Lawyers for a motorist accused of ploughing through pedestrians in the centre of Melbourne days before Christmas say they will explore his mental state and fitness to be tried. Saeed Noori, a former Afghan refugee and Australian citizen with a history of drug and mental health problems, appeared in a Melbourne court behind security glass on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Sacred, life-affirming and fast disappearing: waters of the Himalayas – in pictures Posted: 26 Dec 2017 11:00 PM PST Rapid urbanisation, dwindling groundwater reserves and changing rain patterns are driving a water crisis in the lower Himalayas of India and Nepal. Photojournalist Toby Smith took part in a research project charting the shifting demands on this fragile landscape Photographs by Toby Smith/University of Cambridge In the small towns and villages of the Himalayas across India and Nepal, communities depend on surface water from glacier-fed rivers, springs, ponds and lakes for domestic use and for agriculture. Yet this is a region at the forefront of global climate change. Glaciers are shrinking quickly, particularly in the eastern and central Himalayas, which is likely to significantly reduce flows of water downstream. Intensive land uses such as logging and stone quarrying, combined with urbanisation and a rise in tourism, are all putting immense pressure on the region's water supply. Continue reading... |
| Good vibrations: a sonar device that could replace canes for blind people | Kate Hodal Posted: 26 Dec 2017 03:00 AM PST Visually impaired people in Kenya and far beyond could soon benefit from a Nairobi student's echolocation tool, which uses sensors to detect nearby objects Brian Mwenda, 21, found it frustrating to watch his visually impaired friends come into class every day, having to use white sticks to help them find their desks. "Even in environments that they had been in for four years – the same classroom – they still needed the stick to move around. Their speed was slow, and that limited them," says Mwenda, an electrical engineering student in Kenya. Continue reading... |
| Chinese demolition team bring tower crashing to earth in seconds – video Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:25 AM PST One of the towers in a high-voltage power grid crossing the Yangtze river in Hubei province, China, is destroyed. Outdated power lines that once connected to the tower were taken down last month in preparation for the removal of the tower. The local government announced in late November that it would dismantle the grid to ensure safety for people navigating the river. The grid went into use in 1960 Continue reading... |
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